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prodigal son

noun as in forgiven child

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No matter how you slice it, this is the most competitive Cleveland has looked without its famously prodigal son since James was still a child growing up in nearby Akron.

Intel brought back the prodigal son, 30-year veteran Pat Gelsinger, to take over from former CFO Bob Swan, who was unable to revive the struggling PC chipmaker.

From Fortune

Abercrombie weaves the tale of Prince Yarvi in a tale part Captains Courageous, part Revenge of the Nerds, and part Prodigal Son.

No one knows, but on the 4th of July he began bellowing that the Prodigal Son would, in fact, return.

Her "prodigal son" brother, Mehran (Reza Sixo Safari), a former classical musician, returns home from a stint in drug rehab.

In going to the Cleveland Cavaliers, he was the prodigal son playing in his homeland.

Here is Christianity with its marvellous parable of the Prodigal Son to teach us indulgence and pardon.

In a pew on the left-hand side a little old man was holding forth as to the “prodigal son.”

I may be the prodigal son, but you're the devil of a moral lecturer, you are!

Heidi soon came running out with her book under her arm and in a sympathetic voice began to read the story of the Prodigal Son.

This was intended as a hit the first at the prodigal son, but Kilcullen was too crafty to allow it to tell.

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On this page you'll find 6 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to prodigal son, such as: lost lamb, magdalen, penitent, prodigal, prodigal returned, and returnee.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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